By CASEY MCNERTHNEY, SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF

Published 10:00 pm, Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Confronted with photos from an ATM, a man suspected in several North Seattle armed robberies denied the images were of him or that he had anything to do with the robberies.

But police say his parents weren't as adamant.

When his mother, father and stepmother saw the images they identified the suspect twice using a stolen card as the 20-year-old. He's now in King County Jail, and after his Wednesday bail hearing in the case, the suspect is being held on $100,000 bail.

Seattlepi.com is not naming the man because he hasn't been charged in the case. Friday is the rush-filing deadline.

Police believe that about 10:40 p.m. Feb. 25, the suspect -- said to be an admitted drug addict -- approached a man in North Seattle and demanded his wallet money and cell phone.

The robber held a black handgun.

The 61-year-old victim threw the goods on the street. The robber picked them up and ran.

Later that night, police say the suspect used the Bank of America ATM to try and get money. They say he later tried the Chase ATM across the street.

In the photos, investigators say the man is wearing a St. Louis Cardinals baseball hat, black shorts, and black-and-gray fleece jacket and a black cloth over his lower face.

After the suspect's parents identified the 20-year-old as the man in the photos, police saw him walking with a suspect in an unrelated case on 22nd Avenue Northwest near Loyal Heights playfield.

The suspect "was wearing the same St Louis baseball cap and the same black and gray fleece jacket that he was wearing in the ATM photos," Detective Dave Clement wrote in a probable-cause statement.

The person he was walking with was arrested for the unrelated case, and that young man identified his friend as the person in the ATM photos, according to court documents.

At police headquarters, the 20-year-old robbery suspect removed his blue jeans and had black shorts underneath.

"The shorts appeared to be like those in the ATM photo -- even having a white logo on the lower left leg," Clement wrote.

Police have not outlined in court documents the other four robberies and purse snatching in which the man is suspected.

Though he had three stays in King County Jail last year, the suspect didn't have criminal convictions through November, according to Superior Court documents. He was booked for a theft case Dec. 2, but released the same day.

On Monday, he pleaded guilty to third-degree theft for stealing his stepmother's engagement ring. Police say the ring, valued at $8,000, was pawned in Shoreline for $1,000.

The suspect hasn't been sentenced in that case, but was told the prosecutor would recommend a suspended sentence if he completed an inpatient treatment program. Failure to complete that program by May 11 would result in jail time, according to court documents.